Some of its windows are framed by green louvered shutters and are set off with window boxes brimming with tiny silk flowers. Many of the windows can be raised and lowered.

Hinged front walls open up to reveal the house`s interior, dominated by a sparkling chandelier suspended from the second-story ceiling. The chandelier was made from old costume jewelry owned by Schwartz`s wife of 45 years, Estelle. Other chandeliers mounted throughout the house were fashioned from lampshade finials and slender pieces of brass tubing.

All of the lighting fixtures are operational and can be turned on by miniature wall outlets and switches.

The house`s hollow-walled plywood framework hides its intricate wiring system, which also provides illumination for magazine pictures depicting outdoor scenes that are placed behind the ground-floor and second-story rear windows.

The walls are papered in neutral beige designs.

``We got the wallpaper from discarded wallpaper sample books,`` said Estelle Schwartz, who claims credit for choosing the designs as well as for arranging the window-box flowers and making the house`s dainty lace curtains.

A retired New York cabinetmaker, Schwartz takes special pride in the craftsmanship of the flooring, for which he used birch, oak and cherry woods.

The upper-story flooring is entirely parquet.

``I set in each of the squares individually,`` Schwartz said. ``The fit is so exact that I didn`t even have to use molding.``

Although the house is partially furnished now, Schwartz is waiting until he can fine a miniature lathe to make the rest of the furniture.

``You really need to have a miniature lathe to make miniature furniture,`` he said.

Schwartz built the dollhouse in his enclosed patio workshop, where the floor is strewn with sawdust and shavings, and shelves hold some of his other woodworking projects, including two nearly completed radio-powered boats and a radio-powered airplane.

Schwartz also has made full-scale furniture, assorted marquetry pieces and several wood carvings of animals, and he teaches woodworking at his community clubhouse.

About five years ago, he made another dollhouse for three of his other granddaughters -- Deborah, Kimberly and Cynthia Director, who live in Pittsburgh.

``I didn`t design it myself like I did Danielle`s, though,`` Schwartz said. ``It was made from a pattern I saw in a hobby magazine. You might say I was just getting my feet wet with that one.``

The house was so unwieldy Schwartz had to build a large crate for it and pay to have it shipped.

``They picked it up with an 18-wheeler,`` he said, laughing.

Danielle`s house, in contrast, can be easily dismantled, and the Schwartzes will pack it into the back seat of their car to deliver it personally to Danielle, who lives in Scarsdale, N.Y.

``Danielle is so anxious for him to finish it, that he`s really cut back on his golf and put an extra amount of time on it lately,`` Estelle Schwartz said.

Schwartz says he doesn`t mind missing out on a few rounds of golf, however, because building the house has been a ``labor of love.``

``It`s given me a great feeling of accomplishment,`` he said, ``and I know Danielle will appreciate it -- if not immediately, a couple of years down the road.``

``I`m sure it will become a family heirloom,`` Estelle Schwartz added.